A worker from the city emergency response team checks isolation tents at a basketball court inside the Quezon Memorial Circle that will serve as a quarantine facility for people showing symptoms of COVID-19 following the enhanced community quarantine in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. For most people the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
March 24, 2020
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